13.09¢
per kWh, 2025
[ City of Springfield / IL ]
City of Springfield electricity rates in Illinois
CITY SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+9.5%
vs 2024
59,366
residential customers
+11.4%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
No change on file
Difference / month · / year
Estimated at City of Springfield's average effective residential rate (13.09¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 12.38¢ | — | 59,415 |
| 2016 | 12.35¢ | −0.2% | 59,802 |
| 2017 | 12.13¢ | −1.8% | 59,920 |
| 2018 | 12.03¢ | −0.8% | 60,107 |
| 2019 | 11.92¢ | −0.9% | 59,955 |
| 2020 | 11.75¢ | −1.4% | 59,975 |
| 2021 | 11.53¢ | −1.9% | 60,100 |
| 2022 | 11.91¢ | +3.3% | 60,222 |
| 2023 | 11.90¢ | −0.1% | 59,023 |
| 2024 | 11.95¢ | +0.4% | 59,621 |
| 2025 | 13.09¢ | +9.5% | 59,366 |
How this compares
17.67¢
Illinois average, 2025
−25.9%
City of Springfield vs IL 2025 average
−24.0%
vs US 2025 average
#22
priciest in IL
Serves 1 county in Illinois: Sangamon. 29 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, City of Springfield's average residential rate has gone from 12.38¢ to 13.09¢ per kWh: +5.7% over 10 years, or about +0.6% a year. It rose in 3 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +9.5% in 2025. The largest drop was −1.9% in 2021.
For a home using 716 kWh a month, the Illinois average, City of Springfield's 2025 rate works out to about $1,125 a year, $394 less than at Illinois's average rate of 17.67¢. Of the 25 Illinois utilities in our data with a 2025 price, it is the 22nd most expensive.
City of Springfield served 59,415 homes in 2015 and 59,366 in 2025 (−0.1%), about 1% of Illinois's residential electricity customers.
Who sets City of Springfield's rates
City of Springfield is a municipal utility owned by the local government. The city council or a local utility board sets its rates, usually after a public meeting, and the Illinois Commerce Commission generally does not.
Commission contact: Illinois Commerce Commission. How we calculate every figure on this page: methodology.
Questions
Is City of Springfield raising rates in 2026?
City of Springfield's rates are set by the city council or a local utility board, not through a rate case at the Illinois Commerce Commission, so check its own notices for a change this year. Its average residential rate moved +9.5% from 2024 to 2025.
What does City of Springfield charge per kWh?
City of Springfield's average effective residential rate was 13.09¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Illinois's 2025 average was 17.67¢.
How much have City of Springfield rates gone up in five years?
+11.4% between 2020 and 2025, against +51.6% for Illinois as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does City of Springfield have in Illinois?
59,366 residential customers in 2025, across 1 county including Sangamon, according to the EIA-861 survey.
Where do these numbers come from?
Rates and customer counts are from the US Energy Information Administration's annual EIA-861 survey, which every US utility files. Nothing here is a utility bill; use it to understand the direction and size of changes.
Sources
- EIA-861 Sales to Ultimate Customers, 2015–2025 (released 2026-10-07)
- EIA-861M monthly state averages through Jul 2026
- NREL utility-by-ZIP lookup (2024)